The path to the presidency
The leaders and best
Institutional saga
The Michigan saga
A heritage of leadership
Michigan's character as a trailblazer
The role of institutional saga in presidential leadership
The "what," "how," and "who" of the university presidency
The path to the presidency
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor; rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief . . . and university president
The academic leadership ladder
The path to the Michigan White House
On to Michigan
Trapped in the gravitational pull of academic administration
On the brink
The presidential search
The search process
The presidential search : a victim's perspective
A postmortem
Some advice for presidential search committees and university governing boards
Some advice for candidates for university presidencies
So what are we supposed to do now?
Presidential leadership
Presidential leadership
The elements of presidential leadership
Several unique aspects of university leadership
The many styles and philosophies of presidential leadership
Adapting leadership styles to the times and the institution
A matter of personal style
Movers and shakers, pushers and coasters: the impact of the presidency
Leadership for a time of change
Executive leadership
The executive officer team
Go downtown and get the money
Bricks and mortar
Crisis management
The challenges of executive leadership
Academic leadership
The academic clockwork
Academic leadership
Faculty quality
Selection and recruitment of academic leadership
Tinkering with time bombs
The challenges to academic leadership by the president
Political leadership
Growing up in a rough neighborhood
Defending the university
The loyal (and sometimes not so loyal) opposition
The president and the governing board
The broader political agenda of the university and the university presidency
The hazards of political leadership
Moral leadership
The challenges to moral leadership
Social diversity and academic excellence
Student affairs
Institutional integrity
The bully pulpit
Pastoral care
Personal traits and traps
Strategic leadership
The approach
The action plan
Lessons learned and the growing concern
Institutional transformation
Experiments and ventures
More lessons learned: the challenges of transformation
The university president: an endangered species?
Life as a university president
The president's spouse
The hired help
A turn about the university calendar
Lifestyles of the rich and famous
On the road
A matter of style
Always some doubts
Tilting with windmills
Windmill no. 1: the privately supported public university
Windmill no. 2: college sports
Windmill no. 3: university governance
The importance of fighting losing battles
The endgame
Survival instinct
Putting it all on the line
Wear and tear
The two-minute warning
Taking stock
Fading away
Years after a decade at the helm
Whence and whither the university
Some final thoughts on the university presidency
Notes.